Graduate Certificate in Film and Television – Business
Centennial College
Key Information
Campus location
Toronto, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 4,550 *
Application deadline
Request info
Earliest start date
May 2024
* tuition 2 semesters Canadian students; CAD 15,693 - tuition 2 semesters International students
Introduction
- Program Code: 6430
- School: School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design
- Credential: Ontario College Graduate Certificate
- Program Type: Graduate Certificate program
- Program Length: 1 year/ 2 semesters
- Location: Story Arts Centre
Film and Television – Business is a unique program offered by the School of Communication, Media, Arts and Design that will prepare you to take on the business aspects of the television and film production industry. Today's film and television producers need more than good ideas and a crew to get their projects off the ground. They need people with the skills to handle financing, management, legal, distribution and business affairs. That's where you'll come in.
The two-semester – Television and Film - Business graduate certificate program will emphasize the importance of an entrepreneurial spirit and a global outlook. You'll explore the industry's legal, financial and regulatory frameworks and develop skills necessary for producing in the current Canadian and international market. To round out your training, you'll complete a field placement that will allow you to gain experience in the industry before graduation.
This program is unique in Canada, and it will:
- Combine knowledge of the film and television industry with the principles and practices of accounting and business;
- Focus on developing strategies and plans for various business aspects of the film and television industry (e.g., project financing, program sales and marketing plans, and business plans for launching and operating an independent production company);
- Integrate knowledge of the global marketplace, distribution models and additional revenue sources;
- Provide opportunities to learn production techniques — in both crew and leadership positions — through the various stages of pre-production, production and post-production.
Admissions
Curriculum
Semester 1
- ENGL-700 Professional English Communications
- FTVB-701 The Business of Producing 1
- FTVB-702 Accounting for Film & Television 1
- FTVB-703 Production Management and Coordination 1
- FTVB-704 Entertainment Law 1
- FTVB-707 Funding and Financing
- FTVB-709 Production Basics
- FTVB-710 Survey of Contemporary Screen Media
- FTVB-722 Professional Practice
Semester 2
- FTVB-706 Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- FTVB-711 The Business of Producing 2
- FTVB-712 Accounting for Film & Television 2
- FTVB-713 Production Management and Coordination 2
- FTVB-714 Entertainment Law 2
- FTVB-716 Funding and Financing 2
- FTVB-719 Rights Management
- FTVB-721 Field Placement
- FTVB-799 Storyworks
Program Outcome
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Create a project financing plan based on appropriate Canadian public and private funding and financing sources, as well as alternative international financing sources.
- Develop an overall program sales and marketing plan, which integrates knowledge of the global marketplace, cross-platform, distribution models and additional revenue sources.
- Create industry-standard documents, such as schedules, budgets, cash flow projections and cost reports that are required both for production and reporting to funders and financiers.
- Use current and relevant production techniques through the various stages of preproduction, production and post-production in both a crew and leadership position.
- Implement projects in compliance with applicable laws, statutory obligations, regulations, and industry principles and practices.
- Develop strategies for personal, career and professional development to enhance work performance, maximize management and leadership skills and maintain currency with industry and technological changes.
- Create and execute a program pitch that is appropriate to its audience and addresses the broadcaster's business models.
- Apply accounting principles and industry-standard business practices to the creation and operation of both an overall corporate set of books and a single-purpose production entity.
- Develop a business plan for the launch and operation of an independent production company.
Career Opportunities
Career Outlook
- Production co-ordinator
- Production manager
- Business affairs associate
- Business affairs officer
- Production accountant
- Distribution associate
- Associate producer
- Producer
- Independent producer
Areas of Employment
- Business affairs
- Accounting
- Business development
- Production management/producing
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English Language Requirements
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